Smashing Game Time

Tis the season! It’s game of the year time, and that means it’s time to debate the best, the worst, and the weird that made up 2024! Across multiple episodes, the bros discuss some of their favorite games this year among numerous categories, with it all leading up to the top 10 games of the year.   Our Intro/Outro this year is Train Covered in White by Lukrembo. Follow him here: https://soundcloud...

We heard you like lists, so we made a list of lists on this episode. Nick and Josh get together to plan out this year’s GOTY categories. Come see how milk is made.  In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND! We have a new website! Come check it out! https://www.smashinggametime.com/ Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hunt Him Down. https://soundclo...

Jake is back for one more round of Arcane season 2, which has left one of the bros pretty disappointed (Arcane, not Jake being here). Nick is in the early hours of the new Indiana Jones and the Great Cirle (not Golden Circle) and is finding it very cinematic and familiar. Josh opened a Christmas gift early and is now enjoying the bleak world of Silent Hill 2 Remake.  In lieu of ratings and reviews...

Jake is back for another week of Arcane. The bros also take a look at some of the Game Award Nominees. In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND! We have a new website! Come check it out! https://www.smashinggametime.com/ Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hunt Him Down. https://soundcloud.com/lizardbeach?ut ...

Jake gets off his lazy duff and returns to talk about the new season of Arcane with Nick and Josh   In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND!   We have a new website! Come check it out! https://www.smashinggametime.com/ Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hunt Him Down. https://soundcloud.com/lizardbeach?ut ...

Nick is playing the Worship demo, which is basically Pikmin but with cults. Josh thinks Metaphor: ReFantazio may be his favorite RPG of the year. Finally, the bros predict the GOTY nominations for The Game Awards.  In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND!   We have a new website! Come check it out! https://www.smashinggametime.com/ Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark f...

Nick shares a story about not putting his best foot forward. Josh is playing Metaphor: ReFantazio and it’s right up his alley. More Son and Concord news. The bros wrap up by sharing their Top 5 scariest games of all time. In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND! We have a new website! Come check it out! https://www.smashinggametime.com/ Thank you to Alex Marvin Cl...

Nick and Josh chat about their favorite Steam Next Fest demo, Midnight Murder Club. Josh shares some sad news about the Prince of Persia and why we don’t get Killzone games. Finally, in the spirit of the Halloween season, the bros swap spooky Pokémon lore and fan theories. In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND! We have a new website! Come check it out! https://w...

Nick and Josh are checking out some Steam Next Fest Demos this week. Nick’s getting Peggle vibes from Ballionaire. He’s also playing hide, seek, and shoot in Midnight Murder Club. Nick also shares his first impressions on Keep Driving, To Kill a God, and The Precinct. Finally, the bros each make 5 bold predictions about the future of console gaming. In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE...

We’re a day late, but the silver lining is that we get to talk about the Nintendo Alarmo, so that’s not nothing. Josh is playing Crash 4: It’s About Time. Nick is getting Remedy-Pilled with Alan Wake 2 and Control. The bros talk Ubisoft woes, Nintendo’s foray into the lucrative alarm clock business, and Alien Isolation finally getting a sequel. Then Nick and Josh discuss the top 5 things the Halo...

After fighting off illness and pulling their heads out of their butts, Nick and Josh return to talk Nintendo and their sue happy ways, Frostpunk 2 and sending the kids back to work, and Remnant 2’s latest DLC release. The boys wrap on what they’re working on for the rest of the year for the website.  In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND!   We have a new website...

Josh tries to bounce back and prove he is not a fake gamer by beating Sonic 2 in one sitting. Nick shares this week’s news: Rocksteady rocks the layoff boat, a Final Fantasy goes dark, and if you blinked you might have missed Concord. Nick also talks Cult of the Lamb and fills us in on his latest horror comic reads. Finally a Sonic quiz that digs deep.     In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … F...

The boys are trying something new with this one. Join Nick as he carries Josh through the 90s classic, Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Nick shares his newfound love for Cult of the Lamb, while Josh goes over the big news we’ve missed while we’ve been gone. Pardon the dust while we figure out this new format folks. In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND! We have a new w...

The boys are back in town! Nick and Josh catch us up on how they spent the hiatus. They then get into the Xbox 360 Marketplace shutdown, Game Informer’s demise, and a Star Wars going back to the PS4 and Xbox One. Finally, Josh quizzes Nick on every Game of the Year Game Informer ever named.   In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND!    We have a new website! Come...

It’s been a busy summer, so we sadly had to do an abbreviated version of Game of the Year So Far (GOTYSO for our cultured listeners.) Nick and Josh pick the top 10 games of 2024 so far. Josh also gets a special surprise.    In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND! We have a new website! Come check it out! https://www.smashinggametime.com/ Thank you to Alex Marvin...

Nick and Josh are putting the bow on GOTYSO this week, so for this episode we bring you a live table read of Nick's multi-cam comedy pilot, BASTARDS' KEEP. All you need to really know is that it's basically CHEERS with a Game of Thrones twist.  Originally streamed May 17, 2024. 

While Nick and Josh work on GOTYSO 2024, we return to an interview from December 2023 featuring Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias of Black Tabby Games. With the release of "The End of Everything" content update for Slay the Princess, the Pristine Cut and physical copy announcement, and their continue work on Scarlet Hollow, Abby and Tony have been very busy since we last saw them.  Original Showno...

Nick’s playing #Blud, which is basically a Saturday morning cartoon. Josh is dabbling in Syphon Filter for some old school feels.  The bros chitchat about some Gears of War and Mass Effect. They’re also pumped for new Metroid Prime. Finally, they pick their GOTYSO categories live(ish).  In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND!   We have a new website! Come check i...

Nick and Josh chat about some of the big reveals from Summer Game Fest and it’s neighboring shows. Josh gives his ending thoughts on Moonscars and continues through the early hours of Legend of Legaia. Nick is reading through Invincible and now things Hauntii is a Mario 64 clone. Finally the bros make way too early assumptions about Black Ops 6 and Gears of War: E-Day   In lieu of ratings and revi...

Nick and Josh go in for one last Tier List, ranking some recent Metroidvanias to make a splash in the genre. Nick is checking out the first Hellblade and has early impressions of Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Josh gets a little further in Moonscars and is excited by some possible Days Gone news.  In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND! We have a new website! Co...

You liked the last tier list, so we’re back with one for Castlevania. Nick shares his thoughts on the Firewatch ending and why it isn’t disappointing. He also talks early impressions of Hauntii and SOMA. Josh gives us the skinny on Moonscars and is finally finishing the Spyro Collection. Also, yay more acquisitions…this time from IGN.  In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TE...

Nick and Josh have a busy week of recording, so they decided to do a Metroid Tier List.   In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND! We have a new website! Come check it out! https://www.smashinggametime.com/ Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hunt Him Down. https://soundcloud.com/lizardbeach?ut ...

Nick and Josh are back to talk about Braid Anniversary Edition, Gamers running for Congress, and what they actually like about gaming at the moment.    In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND!   We have a new website! Come check it out! https://www.smashinggametime.com/ Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hunt Him Down. https://soundcloud.com/liza...

While Sony backpedals, Microsoft plants its own foot firmly up its own ass. 

Nick and Josh are joined by Alec and James from 321Backlog to talk Stellar Blade backlash, if anyone can ever really escape from Tarkov, and then rank the ten best video game adaptations.     In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND!   We have a new website! Come check it out! https://www.smashinggametime.com/ Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hu...